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Excessive Heat Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL

August 3, 201110 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this excessive heat watch at Aug 3, 2011, 2:53 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 5, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2011, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 5, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 4, 2011, 2:26 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat watch went out at Aug 3, 11:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 11:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 2:53 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	27 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Alabama, 2011 Excessive Heat Watches in Mississippi, 2011 Excessive Heat Watches in Florida, 2011 Every excessive heat watch in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.